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French woman in Thailand may have acquired virus locally

by Busaba Sivasomboon
| October 23, 2020 4:06 AM

BANGKOK (AP) — A French woman on the Thai resort island of Samui has tested positive for the coronavirus and probably acquired it after arriving in Thailand in what could be one of few cases of local transmission, health officials said Friday.

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